Garment



y 1933. J. FRIEDMAN 1,908,288

GARMENT Filed Jan. 18, 1933 INVENTOR.

Joseph R'iedmafl V ATTORNEY.

Patented May 9, 1933 UNIT-ED STATES PATENT OFFICE JOSEPH FRIEDMAN, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO OI BROOKLYN, NEW YORK GARMENT Application filed January 18, 1988. Serial 170. 652,858.

This invention relates to outer garments provided with head coverings to be used in cold or stormy weather.

Garments of this general character have 6 heretofore been suggested, but in every case they have been open to serious objections which have rendered their usev very limited or have wholly prevented their practical use. For example, it has been heretofore suggested 10 to provide coats of the character specified with broad sailor collars adapted to be normally worn in a manner to hang over the shoulders and down the back of the wearer, but which when desired could be turned up over the head to form a hood. Coats of this character have met with some favor as sport coats for athletic use by football teams in' uniform, but they have never been adapted for street wear because of the unsightly and unconventional character of the collar arrangement.

With the foregoing considerations in mind, the object of the present invention is to provide a garment of the kind specified, which,

when the head covering is not in use will have all the appearances of a conventional mackinaw or reefer coat in that the collar will appear absolutely conventional in every way and when looking at the coat will not discern anything unconventional about it. Said coat,

however, is provided with a collar which although conventional in appearance may be folded up to form a part of the head covering while a part associated with the collar and normally concealed from view may constitute the. remainder of a head covering of close fitting, aesthetic and eflicient fofi.

Thepresent invention is characterized by the fact that the coat has a conventional 49 round collar, i. e., a collar having a rounded peripheral edge and is adapted to normally lie flat about the shoulders of the wearer. The rounded peripheral edge of the collar, however, is provided at either side of the medial line of the back with substantially triangular extensions, the edges of which are slightly rounded so that when folded up over the head of the wearer, the collar and extensions will combine to form a close fitting head 50 covering. As the extensions are folded over the head, correspondin edges of said exten- 4 I sions will come into a acent registering relation and these edges are provided with fastening means, whereby they may be se- A further feature of the invention resides A in the manner in which the extensions are joined to the collar proper along a curved line which causes them to conform to the head shape when in use and precludes therein inadvertent infolding from beneath the collar when said extensions are not in use. When the collar and extensions are made from textile fabrics, this curved line union between the parts serves in effect as a lock to keep the extensions from working out from under the collar, so that no extraneous means is required to hold the extensions in concealed positions.

The resulting structure of this invention is economical to manufacture, is thoroughly efficient in use and the coat under normal conditions is so conventional in appearance that no objection can be made by the most fastidious wearer to its appearance.

I Features of the invention, other than those adverted to, will be apparent from the hereinafter detailed description and claims, when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawing. I 7 The accompanyin drawing illustrates different practical em odiments of the invention, but the constructions therein shown are to be understood as illustrative, only, and not as limiting the invention.

Figure 1 shows a figure having thereon a coat embodying the present invention as it appears normally.

Figure 2 shows the parts extended-for inclement weather. 5

Figure 3 shows the collar detached from the body of the garment and the extensions detached from the collar.

Figure 4vshows the extensions andcollar attached to one another, but detached from the body of the garment.

Figure 5 is a section on the line 55 of Figure 4 showing one manner of assembling the parts. a Figure 6 shows how the extensions and collar may be cut from a single pattern in one piece.

Referring to the drawing, 1 indicates the body of a garment which may be of any suitable kind, but is by preference out after the manner of a reefer or mackinaw coat. 2 designates the collar propen, This collar is a conventional round collar having a rounded peripheral edge and it is secwred to the body of the garment in the usual and conventional fashion forming no part of the present invention. The rounded peripheral edge of the collar is indicated by the reference character .3 and it is this edge with which we are particularly concerned for according to this invention said edge is provided with a pair of extensions 4 and 5.

In Figures 3-5, the extensions 4 and 5 are shown as cut from a different pattern than the collar and sewed to the collar 3, whereas in Figure 6 the extensions 4 and 5 are shown as cut from the same material as the collar 2 but the line of cut of the edges 6 and 7 is such that when joined to the edge 3 of the collar theproper shapingwill be obtained to conform to the head of the wearer.

It will be noted that each extension 4or 5 is substantially triangular in shape or may be said in efi'ectto constitute substantially one quarter of a circular body, the outer free edge being curved as indicated at 8 and 9 for the respective sections. These I curved edges 8 and 9 are shaped in this manner, so

that when they are brought together over the top of the head as in Figure 2, they will take the shape of the head contour and shape the whole head covering portion into close conformity with the head. The edges 8 and 9 of the extensions are provided: with cooperating fastening means of any suitable form.

In Figures 1-5, this fastening means is in the form of a zipper fastener 10. These so-called zipper fasteners embody interlocking metallic elements 11 adapted to be brought into cooperative relation by a slide 12. The metalhc elements 11 are secured to a fabric tape 13 which is secured to the extensions as shown in Figure 5. In is figure, the extension 4 is shown as wed to the collar 22 by a line of stitches 14, while the tape 13 is incorporated in the seam between the extension 4 and the lining 15. The

tape '13, lining andextension are sewed together with the parts inside out by a line of .stitching 16 and they are then turned right side out and a line of stitching 17 is incorporated which causes the edge to lie flat. In

this edge is also a flap or tongue 18 adapted to underlie the fastener 10, so that the hair of the wearer will not be caught in the fastener. It will thus be noted that in the construction of Figures 15, the fastener is sewed into the outer peripheral edge of the extensions and is located beyond said edge into convenient position for operation. This fastener is 8X? posed to view when the parts are as shown 20 mounted on the extension. 5 The edges 8 and 9 may be secured together by either form of fastener stated or may be laced or secured together in any other suitable way without departing from this invention.

It is important to' note that according to this invention the shaped extensions are of a width less than the width of the collar 2 and since the extensions and the collar are joined or seamed together on a curved line,

there will be little or no tendency for said extensions to fold either one way or another. Consequentl when it is desired to use the garment wit the collar turned down, the extensions may be manually folded underneath the collar along the line of the edge 3, so as to partake of the dotted line positions indicated in Figs. 1 and 4. When the collar is turned down, the extensions will thus be entirely concealed by the collar which will appear as of conventional form with the extensions entirely out of sight. The curvilinear fold line will keep the extensions in concealed position and there will be no tendency for them to work out.

In one practical form, the exposed surface of the collar is of sheepskin and the corresponding surface of the extensions are similarly formed while the under surface of the collar and extensions are of textile fabric or extensions cover the upper portion of the head. With a collar of this width, there is adequate room beneath the collar to receive the extensions when folded under and at the 4 20 about cover the ears of the wearer, while the same time the structure is not uncomfortably .bulky.

An advantage of this construction is that it leaves the sides of theface in the neigh-- persons driving vehicles can see to the sides without turning the head.

It will be noted that in the construction which I have described that the forward portions of the sides of the collar 2 are unencumbered, so that those portions of the collar which extend downwardly over the chest of the wearer are in effect conventional and do not show any folded under edges as would be the case if the extensions merged into the collar over the chest of the wearer. The fact that these extensions are placed well back and are of the form described enables them to be entirely concealed and at the same time fulfill their purposes effectually in use.

The foregoing detailed description sets forth the invention in its preferred practical form, but the invention is to beunderstood as fully commensurate with the appended claims. ,7

Having thus fully described the invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is.

1. A garment comprising a body portion, a collar secured to said body portion and having a convex outercontour, a pair of extensions positioned at the back of the collar, one extension on each side of the medial line of the back thereof, said pair of extensions bein of less width than the width of the collar an each extension being of substantially triangular shape with the contiguous edges of said sections having a convex contour, and fastening means associated with said convex ed es for securing them together when the col at is turned up with the extensions overlying the head of the wearer, said extensions being adapted to underlie the collar and be concealed thereby when the collaris turned down.

2. A garment comprising a body portion, a collar secured to said body portion and having a convex outer contour, 'a' pair of extensions positioned at the back of the collar and at either side of the medial line of the backthereof, said extensions being of less width than the width of the collar and being of substantially triangular shape with the contiguous edges of said sections having a convex contour, and fastening means associated with said convex edges for securing them together when the collar is turned up with the extensions overlying the head of the wearer, said extensions being adapted to underlie the collar and be concealed thereby when the collar is turned down, and a flap secured to one of said extensions adjacent the convex edge thereof and projecting beyond said edge to underlie the joint between the convex edges of both sections when said joint is closed above the head of the wearer.

3. A garment comprising a body portion, a collar secured to said body portion and adapted to overlie the neck of the wearer, said collar being provided at the back and at either side of itsmedial line with apair of substantially triangular extensions, the outer contiguous edges of which are convexly curved, each of said extensions being approximatel in the shape of one-fourth of a circle and o a width not greater than the width of the collar, and cooperating fastener elements at the convex edges of said extensions, whereby when the collar is turned down said extensions are adapted to underlie the collar and be concealed thereby whereas when the collar is turned up the fastener elements may cooperate with one another to secure the extensions together above the top of the head of the wear- ,er and cause said elements to form with the collar a helmet to cover the top, back and sides of the head leaving the front and sides of the face unencumbered.

In testimony whereof, I have signed the foregoing specification.

' JOSEPH FRIEDMAN. 

